Easter Miracle

Well, it is a good day in the world of news in relation to Dad! We went in for the first visit allowed (10am) and while we were there his doctor showed up and told us that as soon as we left they were taking the balloon out. They also said (yippee!) that when the bleeding is done from that (usually in a few hours) they will take out the breathing tube!!!! This is the best news that we could have gotten at this point and we are thrilled! Finally he will be able to communicate! This is just the beginning of a long and arduous road, but being able to communicate is a huge barrier for him right now.

As well as the good news, he was even more alert and himself than last night. He doesn't like to try to write in an attempt to communicate, for various reasons, but he does like to draw letters in the air to tell us what he wants to tell us. This can be difficult to understand as we may all recall from our games as a child with this. Especially since he thinks in cursive. But he is getting his point across. Today he was trying to get something across, and when I couldn't understand it he took my hand (which is great, he is more mobile today!) and laid it on the pillow on his stomach, and smacked it! Then he proceeded to draw his letters in my hand. That worked well!

Also, when I made a comment about his new leg stocking (something having to do with holding the veins in place since they had to take part of a vein from his leg to do the bypass) he made the universal 'whoopee' sign of circling his finger in the air. He also attempted to strike a pose! It was very heartening stuff and we couldn't be happier about this progress!

We are hoping to find his breathing tube out by 2 but if not then I expect it to be gone by the 5 o'clock visit! Yay.